Lentoaseman

Lentoaseman is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun lentoasema, meaning airport. It marks possession or a relationship to the airport and appears in phrases such as lentoaseman turvatarkastus (the airport’s security checkpoint) or lentoaseman terminaali (the airport terminal). Finnish uses the genitive to express ownership rather than articles.

Etymology and meaning: Lentoaseman is a compound built from lento, meaning flight, and asema, meaning station. Together they describe a facility that serves air travel, i.e., an airport. The possessive form lentoaseman attaches to another noun to indicate that the second noun belongs to or is associated with the airport.

Grammar and usage: Lentoaseman is used before another noun in the genitive to indicate possession or close relation. It cannot stand alone as a subject; it forms part of a noun phrase, e.g., lentoaseman sisäänkäynti (the airport’s entrance) or lentoaseman terminaali (the airport terminal). In Finnish, there are no definite or indefinite articles, so the genitive provides the necessary possessive sense.

Related terms: The basic noun lentoasema refers to the airport as a facility. Lentokenttä is another Finnish word for an airport or airfield and is sometimes used synonymously, though lentokenttä can emphasize the field itself rather than the facilities of a built airport.

See also: Lentoasema, lentokenttä, Finnish grammar on possessive forms.